What Is The Role of Art and Artists In Society? - James Joyce On The Duty of Artists

This video is an absolute piece of art. Don't stop making such essays.

It's only almost 17 minutes but wow, I felt like I was watching a film. For the whole 17min I forgot about everything and was quite taken by the way you act and tell the story. You're amazing. Can't explain how much I enjoy your videos, thank you :') ✨ ( btw please pay to history department, we love Dr. Hilton and it would be quite sad if he quit his job.)

Weird coincidence, I just finished this for the first time the other day and it really struck a chord with me as an undergrad student of creative writing. The way Joyce distills the essence of why we write at the end of the chapter where Stephen watches a girl wading in the water resonated with me unlike few other pieces of writing have.

As an Irishman this video resonates with me

The true artistic rebellion isn't necessarily following the popular uprising, but to follow your own path, regardless of the consequences. As Stephen Daedalus comes to understand, “Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.” And so it was for Joyce. Excellent video as always, Robin.

robin i just want to say that you are one of main the reasons why i want to further study literature and dive deeper into analyzing texts.

James Joyce fanboy here. Good job dude. Couple notes to help further your analysis: 1) T. S. Elliot's criticism of Ulysses and 'Tradition and the Individual Talent's are both good, short pieces to help further modernism's perspective on the relationship between history, art, and the artist. 2) Ellmanns's biography on Joyce is essential for masters and Ph.D level scholarship on him and I highly recommend. 3) Jung's universal unconscious and archetypes further analysis even more and help provide a framework for Stephen's perception of heroism and rebellion (the original title was 'Stephen Hero,' after all). 4) Joyce's philosophy was heavily influenced by Saint Thomas Aquinas, which then dances with Aristotelian and Platonic aesthetic theories. There so much more... Good job. Again!

This is my number one favorite book. I just read it for my third pass. Its amazing to me how this book hit at 16 vs 24 vs 33 as I have grown up. Thanks for the great video!

You leave Chopin alone 😊💙. Beautiful video 🙌🏾

Silence, exile, and cunning. I’ll have to add that to my personal arsenal! Great video, thanks.

Yea I need to reread it. Wasn’t easy, but was quite taken it with it. Can easily see why it’s yours or anyones favorite.

This video was a breath of fresh air! The format and execution of this video is pure ART (no pun intended) ❤

Beautiful and very witty. This is the kind of videos that make me launch youtube everyday. Love your work Robin.

We have all sorts of channels with subscriber numbers in the millions. I'm going to keep an eye on the subscriber numbers of this channel - & will view it as a key indicator of how worthwhile it feels to be a part of the English-speaking human race as at 2023. I see this channel as a 'movement' - in watching it I feel as though I'm partaking in a salon of days of olde. Am very honoured to be witnessing this unfold.

If only you were my professor. You just single-handedly made me want to re-read the whole thing.

Love this. Awesome! Encore! Longer! More creative analysis!

The intro is gold

I really appreciate the effort you put into making this video and find it utterly interesting. Time to get back to Joyce ^^

Brother I have an exam on Joyce in half an hour thank you I'm so screwed

Great video I'm Irish and love Joyce, good concise summary of Irish Revival movement